Recommend me a chef's knife

No, mine are all dead straight - but I have rather fallen out of love with them. Tend to gravitate to various Sabatiers for big stuff and (as echoed above) LIVE by my little Victorinox knives with the cheap moulded plastic handles but blades you can breathe on with a steel and shave with.

Rather love the little sandwich knives from the same range too - lightly serrated so you can spread butter and eviscerate a crusty French loaf or a croissant with the same knife.

I'd be taking the Global back TBH, sounds like a defect.

Check out nisbetts in Shoreditch for cheap victornox.